Jay Treaty-Related Immigration Case News Coverage

From CFTK TV:

VANCOUVER – A Canadian aboriginal who has spent months fighting with U.S. Customs for his treaty right to cross the border freely has been given an American green card once again.

But Peter Roberts’ lawyer expects more First Nations will run into challenges at the border, despite a 200-year-old treaty granting free border access rights to North American aboriginals crossing into the United States.

Roberts, a Tsawwassen, B.C. dentist, invoked his Jay Treaty rights last year when border guards at the Point Roberts, B.C. border crossing questioned his status.

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The Jay Treaty in U.S. Immigration Court

From the Seattle Times:

Immigration case hinges on degree of Indian blood

BLAINE, Whatcom County — A government attorney told an immigration judge on Friday that a native Canadian man claiming indigenous treaty rights to the U.S. lacks sufficient Indian blood to qualify for those rights.

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